Total Crime Rate
218.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marsden Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hawes Side , and the 121st highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marsden Road (FY4 3BZ) in the last 12 months was 218.9 per 1,000 residents and was 112.5% higher than the Hawes Side average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 124.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marsden Road (FY4 3BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Lynton Avenue. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Renwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Renwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edwell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taunton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hall Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chiltern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watson Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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